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Tips on Writing Memoir 15 Aug 2013 | 10:21 pm
Today I posted an article on my new website, Firstdaypress.org (if you haven’t checked it out, please do!) about what the past six months have been like for me after I got fired by Quakers. That soun...
Remembering 7 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
Sometimes I wonder how I’ll remember this time of my life. The months of slow days, mostly by myself. The months of morning yoga, and reading, and writing three drafts of a novel—only to discover it...
Blackbirds and Magazines 25 Jul 2013 | 09:25 pm
Every time I start a new post here, I’m tempted to begin it with an apology. Sorry I’m not writing more, dear readers. Sorry if I’m letting you down. Really, it’s an apology to myself. I wonder if I’...
As the World Spins 8 Jul 2013 | 08:50 pm
For over three years, I’ve used this blog as a sort of meditation space, a place to work through the thoughts and worries and fears that were on my mind as I journeyed through motherhood. But this mon...
The Tortured Genius 17 Jun 2013 | 07:51 pm
When my husband and I were dating, he asked me once if I’d rather be a tortured genius or a happy idiot. I only had to think for a second. “Definitely,” I said, “the happy idiot.” His whole face con...
SuperWoman Goes on a Family Vacation (And Lives to Tell the Tale) 15 Jun 2013 | 06:41 pm
You haven’t heard from SuperWoman in a while. That’s because she’s involved in the stage of her life where she’s supposed to understand that she’s not a superhero at all, but really a plain old human ...
Who am I? 23 May 2013 | 07:44 pm
For months now, I’ve been having dreams about buying clothes. I’m in the store, trying to find something that feels right for me. Is it a sleek cardigan, a wide linen shirt with blue stitching? A dres...
Running Away: A Book Club Interview with Tracy Chevalier 16 May 2013 | 05:27 pm
What is it like to live a principled life? This is the question at the heart of Tracy Chevalier’s new novel, The Last Runaway. Hundreds of miles from home, Quaker heroine Honor Bright is forced int....
Countdown to Before Midnight 13 May 2013 | 05:40 pm
I’m one of those women. The kind who had a poster of Lloyd Dobler from Say Anything up on her dorm room wall. The kind who memorized lines from Singles. The girl in high school who read the horoscopes...
Sounds for Spring 11 May 2013 | 11:29 pm
Way back, I was a college DJ. I loved picking songs that felt like they went with the radio slot I got each semester, whether it was early morning or Saturday dinner time. And the season has a lot to ...
